Owen Wilson

Owen Cunningham Wilson (born November 18, 1968) is an American actor. He has had a long association with filmmaker Wes Anderson with whom he shared writing and acting credits for Bottle Rocket (1996), Rushmore (1998), and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), the last of which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay. He has also appeared in Anderson’s The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), The Darjeeling Limited (2007), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and The French Dispatch (2021). Wilson also starred in the Woody Allen romantic comedy Midnight in Paris (2011) as unsatisfied screenwriter Gil Pender, a role which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination. In 2014 he appeared in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice, and Peter Bogdanovich’s She’s Funny That Way.

Wilson is also known for his career as an onscreen comedian and member of the Frat Pack including starring in such comedies as Zoolander (2001), Starsky & Hutch (2004), Wedding Crashers (2005), You, Me and Dupree (2006), How Do You Know (2010), The Big Year (2011), and The Internship (2013). He is also known for the family films Marley and Me (2008), and the Night at the Museum film series (2005–2014). He voices Lightning McQueen in the Cars film series (2006–present), Coach Skip in Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), the title character in Marmaduke (2010) and Reggie in Free Birds (2013). He stars as Mobius M. Mobius in the Disney+ series Loki (2021–present).

Wilson’s accolades include an Oscar and BAFTA nomination for Best Original Screenplay (for The Royal Tenenbaums), a Golden Globe and two SAG acting nominations (for Midnight in Paris and The Grand Budapest Hotel) and an Independent Spirit Award (for Inherent Vice).

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Known For

The Grand Budapest Hotel Not in library

The Grand Budapest Hotel

2014

Cars Not in library

Cars

2006

Loki Not in library

Loki

2021

Night at the Museum Not in library

Night at the Museum

2006

Armageddon Not in library

Armageddon

1998

Cars 2 Not in library

Cars 2

2011

Wonder Not in library

Wonder

2017

Midnight in Paris Not in library

Midnight in Paris

2011

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Not in library

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

2009

Cars 3 Not in library

Cars 3

2017

Acting

2027 Untitled Nancy Meyers Film
2026 Rolling Loud
2026 Runner as Ben
2026 Focker-In-Law as Kevin Rawley
2025 Charlie the Wonderdog as Charlie (voice)
2025 Radiator Springs Racers | Disneyland Resort as Lightning McQueen (voice)
2025 Stick as Pryce Cahill (10 episodes)
2024 LEGO Pixar: BrickToons as Lighting McQueen (voice) (1 episode)
2023 Haunted Mansion as Father Kent
2023 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania as Mobius M. Mobius (uncredited)
2023 Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Loki Season 2 as Self - 'Mobius' / 'Don'
2023 Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short as Self
2023 Paint as Carl Nargle
2022 Marry Me as Charlie Gilbert
2022 Secret Headquarters as Jack
2022 Cars on the Road as Lightning McQueen (voice) (9 episodes)
2022 Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist as Self - Fan of Notre Dame, 2012 Game (archive footage) (1 episode)
2021 Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special as Mobius M. Mobius (archive footage)
2021 The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun as Herbsaint Sazerac
2021 Bliss as Greg Wittle
2021 Jackie Chan: Building an Icon as Self (archive footage)
2021 Marvel Studios Assembled as Self - Mobius (1 episode)
2021 Loki as Mobius M. Mobius (12 episodes)
2017 Father Figures as Kyle Reynolds
2017 Cars 3 as Lightning McQueen (voice)
2017 Lost in London as Owen Wilson
2017 Wonder as Nate
2016 Drake Sather: The Man Who Created Zoolander
2016 Masterminds as Steve Chambers
2016 Zoolander 2 as Hansel
2016 Ed Ruscha: Buildings and Words as Narrator
2016 Zoolander: Super Model as Hansel (voice)
2015 Chryskylodon Blues as Self
2015 She's Funny That Way as Arnold Albertson
2015 No Escape as Jack Dwyer
2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2015 Documentary Now! as Father Ra-Shawbard (2 episodes)
2015 Hot Ones as Self (1 episode)
2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self (1 episode)
2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel as M. Chuck
2014 Inherent Vice as Coy Harlingen
2014 Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb as Jedediah Smith
2014 The Hero of Color City as Ricky The Dragon (voice)
2014 The Radiator Springs 500½ as Lightning McQueen (voice)
2013 The Internship as Nick Campbell
2013 Are You Here as Steve Dallas
2013 Free Birds as Reggie (voice)
2013 Drunk History as John Harvey Kellogg (1 episode)
2013 Circus Halligalli as Self (1 episode)
2011 Hall Pass as Rick Mills
2011 Cars 2 as Lightning McQueen (voice)
2011 Woody Allen: A Documentary as Self
2011 The Big Year as Kenny Bostick
2011 Midnight in Paris as Gil
2011 The King of Luck as Self
2010 The Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited' as Self - Francis
2010 How Do You Know as Matty Reynolds
2010 Marmaduke as Marmaduke (voice)
2010 Little Fockers as Kevin Rawley
2009 Fantastic Mr. Fox as Coach Skip (voice)
2009 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian as Jedediah Smith
2009 Monkey Mischief as Jedediah
2009 Community as Other Study Group's Leader (1 episode)
2008 Drillbit Taylor as Drillbit Taylor
2008 Marley & Me as John Grogan
2008 The Making of 'Bottle Rocket' as Self
2007 The Darjeeling Limited as Francis In Library
2007 The Pixar Story as Lightning McQueen (voice) (archive footage)
2007 The Graham Norton Show as Self (1 episode)
2006 Cars as Lightning McQueen (voice)
2006 You, Me and Dupree as Dupree
2006 Mater and the Ghostlight as Lightning McQueen (voice)
2006 Night at the Museum as Jedediah Smith (uncredited)
2006 Geared-Up
2005 The Wendell Baker Story as Neil King
2005 Wedding Crashers as John Beckwith
2005 This Is an Adventure as Self
2005 Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal as Self
2005 On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou' as Self / Ned P.
2005 Made in Hollywood as Self (2 episodes)
2005 The Reichen Show as Self (1 episode)
2004 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou as Ned Plimpton
2004 Meet the Fockers as Kevin Rawley
2004 The Big Bounce as Jack Ryan
2004 Starsky & Hutch as Ken Hutchinson
2004 Around the World in 80 Days as Wilbur Wright
2003 Shanghai Knights as Roy O'Bannon
2003 Yeah Right! as Himself
2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self (2 episodes)
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self (2 episodes)
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest (2 episodes)
2002 I Spy as Alexander Scott
2002 The Sweatbox as Self
2001 Behind Enemy Lines as Lt. Chris 'Longhorn' Burnett
2001 The Royal Tenenbaums as Eli Cash
2001 Zoolander as Hansel
2000 Meet the Parents as Kevin Rawley
2000 Shanghai Noon as Roy O'Bannon
2000 The Making of 'Rushmore' as Self
1999 The Minus Man as Vann
1999 The Haunting as Luke Sanderson
1999 Heat Vision and Jack as Heat Vision
1999 Breakfast of Champions as Monte Rapid
1999 Heat Vision and Jack as Heat Vision (voice) (1 episode)
1999 Rove as Self (1 episode)
1998 Armageddon as Oscar
1998 Permanent Midnight as Nicky
1997 Anaconda as Gary Dixon
1997 King of the Hill as Rhett Van Der Graaf (voice) (1 episode)
1996 The Cable Guy as Robin's Date
1996 Bottle Rocket as Dignan
1996 Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar as Self
1996 The Daily Show as Self (1 episode)
1994 Inside the Actors Studio as Self (1 episode)
1993 Bottle Rocket as Dignan
1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest (3 episodes)
1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1981 Entertainment Tonight as Self (1 episode)
1975 Saturday Night Live as Self - Host (1 episode)
1975 Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited) (1 episode)
1953 The Oscars as Self (4 episodes)
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin as Zeus (voice)
Lips Like Sugar as Phil Harris
Jackie Chan: Down to Earth as Self
Cars: Lightning Racers as Lightning McQueen (voice) (1 episode)

Writing

2001 The Royal Tenenbaums Writer
1998 Rushmore Writer
1996 Bottle Rocket Writer
1993 Bottle Rocket Screenplay

Production

2025 Stick Executive Producer
2023 Paint Executive Producer
2006 You, Me and Dupree Producer
2001 The Royal Tenenbaums Executive Producer
1998 Rushmore Executive Producer
1997 As Good as It Gets Associate Producer

Crew

Stick Actor's Assistant